Still Waters Posted November 28, 2012 #1 Share Posted November 28, 2012 A giant black hole blast five times more powerful than any previously seen, ejecting 100 times the energy of the entire Milky Way, has been discovered. Astronomers analysed the energy being carried away from a huge quasar – the bright centres of distant galaxies which are powered by supermassive black holes and spew out vast amounts of matter. Scientists have long claimed that extraordinarily powerful quasars must exist and play a key role in the formation of new galaxies, but until now none had been discovered which came close to their predictions. http://www.telegraph...discovered.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyridium Posted November 29, 2012 #2 Share Posted November 29, 2012 (edited) great article. Think of the sun hitting you in the face on a beautiful day, now multiply that heat by 2 trillion. That quasar is putting out a lot of heat. It is spewing out the equivilent of 400 of our suns per year. This is a great view of how a feeding black hole can actually create the birth of 10-100 new galaxies. Just imagine how massive that black hole really is as it swallows up more mass than it is spewing out along the quasar jets. Edited November 29, 2012 by Pyridium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eluus Posted November 29, 2012 #3 Share Posted November 29, 2012 great article. Think of the sun hitting you in the face on a beautiful day, now multiply that heat by 2 trillion. That quasar is putting out a lot of heat. It is spewing out the equivilent of 400 of our suns per year. This is a great view of how a feeding black hole can actually create the birth of 10-100 new galaxies. Just imagine how massive that black hole really is as it swallows up more mass than it is spewing out along the quasar jets. That gave me the goosebumps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
27vet Posted November 29, 2012 #4 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Didn't Hawking say that Black Holes ain't so black? I guess we are lucky there isn't one too close to our solar system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithisco Posted November 29, 2012 #5 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Classically, Quasars derive their energy from the accretion disk surrounding a Black Hole (normally a Supermassive Black Hole) so what they are feeding on is material gathered by the Black Hole - not from matter being ejected by a Black Hole (Hawking Radiation). This is very different from the OP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldN8Dogg Posted November 29, 2012 #6 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Truly humbling...we are so small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdyer Posted November 29, 2012 #7 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Can someone please explain how something comes out of a black hole when I've always thought that everything gets sucked into one? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csspwns Posted November 30, 2012 #8 Share Posted November 30, 2012 dat blast might have taken some aliens with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SameerPrehistorica Posted November 30, 2012 #9 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Black holes are scary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
27vet Posted November 30, 2012 #10 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Can someone please explain how something comes out of a black hole when I've always thought that everything gets sucked into one? See post #5 above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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